Suspected Taleban Attacks Kill 13 in Southern Afghanistan

Suspected Taleban militants have killed 13 people in attacks in southern Afghanistan.

A private security company escorting NATO supply trucks said 10 security guards were killed Thursday in a Taleban ambush. The head of the security detail, Mohammad Naim, said the convoy was attacked on the main highway that runs through Zabul province.

In Helmand province, a provincial police chief narrowly escaped an attack when a roadside bomb hit his convoy in the town of Gereshk Thursday. At least three civilians were killed and more than a dozen others wounded.